And now after some protests in Khuzestan Province over the shortage of water, these bodies have started crying foul against Iran by accusing the Islamic Revolution of Iran of violence and violation of human rights.

Reacting to one of these “nonsenses”, the foreign ministry spokesman of Iran dismissed the meddlesome and politically-motivated remarks by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on the recent incidents in the country’s Khuzestan Province, saying her words are more like a “political statement with hostile literature” than the remarks of an international human rights official.

Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Saturday that the UN rights chief’s statement was “regrettable” in terms of the extent of its invalidity which has been intermingled with false accusations and incorrect information.

“The leveled allegations, regardless of extensive efforts by [the Iranian] administration, judicial, security and media officials to alleviate the sufferings of the people of this province and resolve the existing problems, are the most important evidence of the politicization and invalidity of the statement,” Khatibzadeh added.

He emphasized that Bachelet’s statement was much like a political declaration with hostile literature rather than remarks made by an international human rights official.

In an interventionist statement, the UN high commissioner for human rights on Friday called on the Iranian authorities to concentrate on taking urgent action to address the chronic water shortage in the province of Khuzestan, rather than using excessive force and widespread arrests to crush the protests about the situation.

“The impact of the devastating water crisis on life, health and prosperity of the people of Khuzestan should be the focus of the Government’s attention, not the protests carried out by people driven to desperation by years of neglect,” said Bachelet.

Khatibzadeh rejected the UN rights chief’s “unprofessional and spiteful” remarks about management of the country’s water resources which he said were neither within the purview of the official, nor the body under her responsibility to make any comment on the issue.

“The water crisis in Khuzestan is the outcome of a series of natural phenomena, particularly this year’s drought, and is also one of the consequences of unilateral coercive measures imposed on our country, which have prevented the transfer of technology and investment in the water sector in Khuzestan,” the Iranian spokesman said.

He criticized Bachelet for refusing so far to condemn the “illegal sanctions imposed by the United States against the Iranian people which have led to violation of several fundamental human rights of this honorable nation,” saying she has just made few short statements in this regard.

It seems that the UN rights body is making efforts to sow discord among the united Iranian nation in line with the political agenda of a few certain countries that harbor grudge against Iranians, Khatibzadeh said, adding that they are the very countries that abuse the noble concept of human rights and are the main supporters of politically-tainted inhumane resolutions against Iran in the Human Rights Council and the UN General Assembly.

Khatibzadeh reiterated the Islamic Republic’s respect for the right of its citizens to peaceful gatherings and said high-ranking Iranian officials have recognized the problem of water shortage in Khuzestan.

On Friday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said the grievances are valid, noting that the people’s complaints should have been addressed before to prevent them from being upset over the situation.

Ayatollah Khamenei hailed the people of the border province as “loyal and selfless” and said they remained on the “forefront” during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.

The Leader urged the authorities to seriously follow the demands of the people.

Ayatollah Khamenei cautioned the people against playing into the hands of trouble-makers, noting that, “The enemy seeks to use everything against the [Islamic] Revolution, the country and the interests of the people; therefore, care must be taken not to give it an excuse.”

So it is better for the western bodies not to meddle biasedly in the domestic affairs of the countries, and if they want to do so, they are better to take action against the inhumane sanctions which are imposed by the Western states against the nations.

The Islamic Republic of Iran and the nation will not bow down to the aliens’ pressure and the country can resolve their problems by itself if some infiltrators among the nation who act in favor of the enemies let it happen.

Iranians through the history have shown that they will not bow down to aliens’ meddling and pressures and aliens are better to find another place for sowing discord for dictating their own will as this proverb says, “You want a thing done, do it yourself.”

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Qassem Sa’edi said that unfortunately “some of the Zionist servants and puppets used the atmosphere to infiltrate the people by chanting destructive slogans and opening fire at protestors, killing two young people at Shadegan and Karoun cities in Khuzestan province.

“The people of Khuzestan, as soon as they saw these behaviors, separated their position from these people and declared their support for the establishment,” he said.

He also said at the time of the protests, security forces did not resort to any force against protesters, and the shooting was carried out by the terrorist groups.

On July 15 and 16, some of the streets at Shadegan became crowded and a group of citizens staged protest rallies in several other southern cities of Khuzestan.

Videos posted online showed police showing composure, guiding people at the bottom of the line or in front of the line to prevent damage to public properties.

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The accident happened on Monday when a construction loader vehicle collided with the pipeline during an attempt to repair a section of it between the cities of Ahvaz and Omidiyeh, in the oil-rich Khuzestan province, leading the line to catch fire.

The fire was completely put out on Tuesday, but some parts of the pipeline needed extra work to ensure the safety of crude transfer.

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“The fire started when a loader hit the pipeline,” he said.

“The explosion happened in the vicinity of Salehabad village in about 45 minutes,” he said, “Subsequently, it caused a blast at the liquefied natural gas pipeline nearby.”

“The families living there were immediately moved to a nearby village to prevent any casualties,” he added.

Unfortunately, the houses of the villagers have been burnt in fire.

As reported, the fire was eventually controlled.

Omidiyeh is located 125 km southeast of Ahvaz, capital of the oil-rich province.

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Iran’s non-oil trade with other countries registered a $1.5-billion positive balance in the first eleven months of the current Iranian calendar year, Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Farhad Dejpasand has recently announced.

The minister put the value of non-oil exports at $40 billion and that of the imports at $38.5 billion in the mentioned period of time.

Dejpasand mentioned the positive balance a very satisfactory result given all limitations the country is already facing.

Arvand Free Trade Zone in the southwestern province of Khuzestan is one of the seven major free trade zones of Iran.

This Zone has long been one of the border and oil rich zones of the country due to the existence of freshwater Rivers of Karun and Arvand and also transportation facilities including road, rail, sea and air.

Lands of this Zone have been allocated to industrial activities, and other sectors, such as trade, tourism and office, to ports, warehousing and transit, and investors can invest in any of the economic activities.

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